Your Dog is in Your Head
What’s that you say Dave? Dogs may be able to think about what their owners are thinking? Sounds like interesting research, Dave. If someone could actually find the real research and not just this...
View ArticleYoung Chemist?
Here is the story of a seven year old (supposed) prodigy whose parents are looking for a university which will enroll him. I always find it interesting in these stories that such an emphasis is put on...
View ArticleEcologists Can’t Handle Their Beer Like Physicists
A New York Times article has appeared about a study on the effects of excessive beer drinking on scientific productivity. The study, (Tomas Grim, “A possible role of social activity to explain...
View ArticleMonte Hall and Cognitive Dissonance
Did the Monte Hall problem, trip up a huge number of psychologists? So claims this New York Times article. For a good detailed explanation see here. For even more detail see the actual paper.
View ArticleFun with Linda
For fun, answer the following in the comment section, without reading what others have left in the comment section: Linda is 31 years old, single, outspoken, and very bright. She majored in philosophy....
View ArticleHalf-Space Algorithms For Identifying Geniuses
In his latest New York Times op-ed column, David Brooks, the conservative liberals can most stomach, attempts to tackle the problem of “what makes a genius”. This is, of course, the kind of reasonable...
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